Car Help & Advice

Thank you for visiting the Protyre car help and advice section. Protyre, your local tyre experts, have put this section of our website together to collate a range of useful information to help you with the day-to-day maintenance of your vehicle and to spot potential issues before they become serious. Please take a few moments to have a look at some items which might save you money and if there are any sections which you would like to see why not contact us and our trained experts may be able to help or provide free and impartial advice. We have the latest tricks and tips on vehicle maintenance, looking after your tyres, which tyres are best for your vehicle and a number of how to guides all providing the best advice for your motoring needs.

Vehicle Maintenance

Our Vehicle Maintenance section provides expert advice on brakes, batteries, windscreen wipers, oil and much more! Keeping your vehicle healthy dramatically reduces the risk of breakdowns and the potential for recurring issues. You can trust Protyre to keep you safe on the road with these useful and informative articles.

Tyre Care

How much do you know about your tyres and what to look for to ensure your safety while driving? Protyre’s trustworthy tyre technicians have a wealth of experience when it comes to the care, maintenance and fitment of tyres.

How To

Looking for answers on 'How to' undertake some of the maintenance tasks required to keep your vehicle in tip-top working order? Our handy ‘How To’ articles offer step-by-step guidance on a number of aspects of vehicle maintenance.

Tyres for your car

Tyres may not be the first thing you consider when it comes to vehicle safety, but tyres are your vehicle’s only link with the road. In fact, your safety (and that of your passengers) actually relies on an area of contact between the tyre and the road surface, which is no bigger than the palm of your hand.

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Understanding the EU tyre label

The Tyre Label is a mark for motor vehicle tyres. Manufacturers of tyres for cars, light and heavy trucks must specify fuel consumption, wet grip and noise classification of every tyre sold in EU markets starting in November 2012

Noise level rating

This is a measurement in decibels(dB) of the noise created between the tyre and the road. It is represented by 3 bars with a single bar being the lowest level of noise.

Fuel efficiency rating

Rolling resistance is used to measure how fuel efficient a tyre is. The less resistant a tyre is the less fuel it will use to move the vehicle.

A is for the highest performing tyres
G is the least performing

Fuel efficiency rating

The basis for wet grip is the absolute stopping distance when driving 80 km per hour. Between each class, there are 3–6 metres difference in braking distance. Classes "D" and "G" are not used for passenger cars.